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Niagara Falls (recto and verso)
Niagara Falls (recto and verso)

Niagara Falls (recto and verso)

Alvan Fisher (American, 1792–1863)
Medium/TechniqueRecto: Gray wash over graphite pencil on paper; verso: graphite pencil
DimensionsImage: 26.4 x 38.7 cm (10 3/8 x 15 1/4 in.); Sheet: 30.5 x 43.5 cm (12 x 17 1/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number61.278
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA May 10, 1961
Niagara Falls, recto; "Experiment", verso
Niagara Falls, recto; "Experiment", verso
Alvan Fisher
1820
The Expulsion of the Jesuits (Double sided drawing, preparatory drawings II and III for the etching)
The Expulsion of the Jesuits (Double sided drawing, preparatory drawings II and III for the etching)
Gabriel de Saint-Aubin
mid-18th century
Schloscher Falls (Niagara)
Schloscher Falls (Niagara)
Alvan Fisher
1820
Study for "The Death of Major Peirson" (Nude Composition Study; verso: Fleeing Woman and Child)
Study for "The Death of Major Peirson" (Nude Composition Study; verso: Fleeing Woman and Child)
John Singleton Copley
1782–84
Image Not Available for Bend of a River
Bend of a River
Jasper Francis Cropsey
May 15, 1870
Double-sided Drawing for MFA Rotunda Murals: a. (Recto) Sketch for Aphrodite and Eros (not used); b. (Verso) Architectural Studies
Double-sided Drawing for MFA Rotunda Murals: a. (Recto) Sketch for Aphrodite and Eros (not used); b. (Verso) Architectural Studies
John Singer Sargent
1917–21
Double-sided Drawing for Boston Public Library Murals a. (Recto) Sketch for the Mysteries - Ceiling Study b. (Verso) Architectural Study
Double-sided Drawing for Boston Public Library Murals
a. (Recto) Sketch for the Mysteries - Ceiling Study
b. (Verso) Architectural Study
John Singer Sargent
1903–16
Two Sketches - a. Double-sided Drawing : (Recto) Woman Seated on the Ground, (Verso) Standing Male Figure b. Man Working at a Table
Two Sketches - a. Double-sided Drawing : (Recto) Woman Seated on the Ground, (Verso) Standing Male Figure b. Man Working at a Table
John Singer Sargent
about 1875
Recto (a): Sketch of tackle on spar; Verso (b): Sketch of men on ship's deck
Recto (a): Sketch of tackle on spar; Verso (b): Sketch of men on ship's deck
John Singer Sargent
about 1876
Double-sided Drawing for MFA Rotunda Murals: a. (Recto) Sketch for the Three Graces ; b. (Verso) Four Studies for the Three Graces
Double-sided Drawing for MFA Rotunda Murals: a. (Recto) Sketch for the Three Graces ; b. (Verso) Four Studies for the Three Graces
John Singer Sargent
1917–21
Image Not Available for Untitled (Psychoanalytic Drawing, Number 34/35)
Untitled (Psychoanalytic Drawing, Number 34/35)
Jackson Pollock
about 1939
Image Not Available for (Recto): View of tall waterfall; (Verso): Lanscape sketch with mountain
(Recto): View of tall waterfall; (Verso): Lanscape sketch with mountain
Robert Havell, Jr.
1839–78